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Amongst the country's favorite meat products is beef, and long may it continue. In times of late, we have listened to ample controversy on the question of whether beef is a wholesome food to be enjoyed by all, or a dietary menace to be shunned if you possibly can. So how do we know what to believe, even amongst dieticians and nutritionalists, the issue is unclear, but during the course of this essay we will bring out some constructive facts on beef, destroy a few myths and make sure that you are given the correct facts you require to make your own mind up. Before we do so, here is a flavorful recipe that you can easily cook for your dinner guests. This is an enticing recipe for 'macaroni beef chili'. It is quick and easy to cook and is a rapid and efficient meal a crowd. Ingredient list: ---------------- Macaroni - uncooked : one c Quality Minced Beef : 0.5 pounds Garlic powder : 1/2 teaspoon Chili Powder : one tsp Salt : 1 pinch Freshly ground black peppercorns : 1 x pinch (to taste) Tomato soup : one Tin Cheddar cheese : 1 ounce (finely grated) How to prepare: ---------------- Bring a good sized pan of water to the boil add the macaroni and cook for about 7 minutes. Brown the beef in another good sized pan and with care draw off all the fat that has appeared. Mix in the garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper and then mix well. Turn the heat to low and stir fry gently for around five minutes. Stir in the cooked macaroni and tomato soup, and turn up the heat a little. Cook for a few more minutes until soup and macaroni are heated through. Just before serving add the grated cheese, and heat briskly till it melts. Transfer into bowls and serve with a crisp dry white wine. This is a useful beef recipe to cook in bulk as left overs can be safely stored in the refrigerator and served the day after. Alternatively, you can leave the cheese out and freeze portions for later. Simply add the cheese just before you finally serve the recipe. So why eat beef? here are a few detailed nutrition facts: 1/. The zinc that is in quality beef is absolutely essential for human development, strengthens the immune defense system, is known to help remedy cuts and grazes, influences food cravings and even affects your ability to enjoy flavors. 2/. Some people adhere to the theory that one must stay away from beef as they think it has too much fat. Even if this may have been true once, quality beef sold in modern times is noticeably healthier than it used to be, and due to modern farming methods more than fifty percent of the fatty acids present in today's lean beef are monounsaturated fats which are thought by scientists to be more 'heart friendly' than other fats. 3/. Just a 3 ounce serving of quality beef can yield more than a tenth of the consumers needed daily need of niacin, phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12, zinc and iron. 4/. If you examine it sensibly, quality beef is virtually as healthy for you as expensive multi-vitamins as it is a tremendous provider of niacin, phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12 and zinc. 5/. Some folk believe that if you are trying to lose weight, you should not eat beef. A genuine nutritionalist will tell you that this is clearly untrue, the truth is that the 3 ounce offering of quality beef that real nutritionalists endorse as a healthy daily limit, is in actuality less than 10% of the standard 2000 calories per day diet. 6/. Lean beef is a good source of Important 'b' vitamins, which are believed by many to assist in preventing strokes and coronaries and also help the body to create erythrocytes (red blood cells). 7/. If we measure the nutritional content of 100 grams of beef (raw weight), it has: * approx. 200 calories * zero grams of carbohydrate. * 3.8mg of Zinc. * 53mg of Sodium. We trust this has given you a better comprehension of the good and bad aspects of consuming beef, and given you a flavourful new recipe for your recipe book. Roger works as a a web developer who offers nutritional advice for Recipes 4U,(http://www.recipes-4u.co.uk), which has over 40,000 recipes with specialist recipe sections for Beef Recipes and Salad Recipes amongst many others.
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